Suzanne Hayasaki Poems

Build me a melody
On the backbone of a baseline.
Give me a rhythm
To remind me how to rhyme.
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Glide through the everglades with me
Slip between the cypress trees
Sit silently and listen
To the song of the frogs
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A tiger rests on the Buddha's head
Lulled into sleep by the human's peace.
Both lost in meditation.
One on eternity.
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I have no patience for ambition.
I have no energy for jealousy.
I have no desire to compare
My beauty, my status, my wit
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I am as still as the wind.
I am as silent as cacophony.
I am as ordered as chaos.
I am as wise as time.
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Never look a concept in the face.
It will shimmer and glint,
It will show you its most glamorous facets
But its mysteries will remain hidden.
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Time cuts like a dull knife
Reopening old wounds
Reminding me how often
I have sat in this very chair
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Midnight's Eye

My skin is as dark as the sky
On a moonless night
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I weave you into my poetry.
Your thoughts entwine with mine
Creating a tapestry of old ideas
Presented in the freshness of new love.
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Close your eyes and you will feel me there
Like a mother supervising your evening prayers.
Think of me and instantly I will be with you
Like a mother watching over everything you do.
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